The Sun. — London, England, 1809-10-31 00:00:00

This is the first tirn._ th,..t so r:ifricult and dangerous ar: nperation i as been perforv.ted ii, the course of the last fifteen years of war." ".Notc.-1t is already dear, that Gaeta did not cost ~ •011 fe - ) itmnch. Signior Ve , :dier must, undoubtedly, have be , ,m accu,,t;imed to take fortreses in the mode ,that is praaised atnortg civilized m-itiOns; th,t is in the way that Vim, Mag, , iehnrgh, Stettin, and Cus ttin were taken. But we Spaniards are such an ig n6:ant race, that we do not list•?tt to reason, and we &fend places with 3 n obstinacy which can only spring from a deplorable blinen?ss. - • " Generals" Sanson and Taviel, the former having the com rrind of the enKineers, the latter of the artillery, have di itt..tc.,l this opeTation with all possible zeal, skill, and gal lantry " i\ote.----These Generals ( seem to be as capable of directing a siege, as their Emperor is of reguiating a disembaikwion: The errors they have committed me innumerable ; so much so , tinit.,.bi:4s - ., ; ;,.yre knew they were Generals who dieted tiie:iiege, we Con ceived that department was confided to two striplings just come from the Polytechnic schoOkt ~~ MAT IS. Agit% v ED-1 Dublin. DUE —z Gottenburgh, z Dublin, 6 Waterford. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. Consols ----- - - - ----- THE SUN. SOLESI QUIS DICERS FALSUNI AUDEAT L. 0 ND 0 IV, TUESDAY, OCTOI3EII 31, 1809. We are happy to state that the Ministerial ar rangements are completed. Lord LIVERPOOL is to succeed Lord CASTLEREAGH as Secretary of State for War and Colonies; Mr. RYDER is to be Secre tary of State tor the Home Departmeovn the room of Lord LlVEl?rnot. and Mr. CHAELRSIMANNER;, son to the Archbishop of CANTEantiT, succeeds Air. RYDER as Judge Advocate. The Cabinet will therefore now consist of the following Members: Mr. PERCEVAL, Lord ELDON, Lord LIVERPOOL, Lord BATHURST, Mr. RYDER, Lord CAMDEN, Lord WESTSIORELAND, Lord HARROWBY, Mr. DUNDAS, Lord MULGRAVE, and Lord CHATHAM. Letters have been received from Gijon, dated the 17th inst. which state, that the Spaniards had again on:ained possession of Bilboa and Satitona. It is possible that the very weak garrisons lest in these paces by the French, may pace been overpowered or compeiltd to evacuate them but the Spaniards certainly have not a sufficient force in the North of Spain, to enable than to maintain those places permanently against the French. Paris Papers to the 22. d iost. arrived last night.— The illoniieur of t!-..5. 21St the . f 'aeon c tccvs : The PeaLe -be his Majvsty the Emperor of the French, and the Emperor of Au,,tri3, was signed on the 1 , 1. th of this month" No other particulars whatever are tnentioned, either in the Moniteur, or in the other Papers. Of the aa of the signature of the Peace, there can now be no doubt, but there are strong grounds to hope that it is by no means so unfavour able to At:stria as it has been represeniect. Yet there is a mystery conne&ed with this,,Subjpa, which we are ?,t present unable to explail, uhtessindeed there be some foundation for the reports which have late ly re.ic: ed us frorn .he Continent, of the illness of BIJONAPARTE. His MAJESTY iS expeeted in town to-morrow, from Windsor, to hold a Private Levee and Privy Council at the Queen's Palace. A Deputation of th Corporation of the City o f London will present their addre.stt'tci4norrow to his MAJESTY, a the Quctiii's Palace ; a Deputation from the University of Oxford wifi''pre . sent their ad iiress at ,ft.e. same time. They will :a - ierrible at the White Horse Tavern, Pimlico, and go in grand pro ce,,sion to the Palace, where they will partake of a cold collation. Princess. AMELIA, by leiters received in town, yesterday, wtm neatly in the same state as last week. Her Royal pi g lines was expeeted to leaveWeymouth, yeVerday, tor Windsor. His loyal Highness the Duke of Yomt - returned to town, yesterday from Windsor. There is, we believe,:, no truth in the ,report of the sppointrnent of Mr.TriolusToN to succeed Mr. 1.-amNik,ND its the Foreign Office.—Mr. HammoNo, n!deed, do.•.s not at 'present quit his situation in that 118 io - depArt men t . • . Deputa:ion from the Merchants engaged in the B.iitic trade waited upon the. Board of Adrniralvy 'ye•terOay, for the purpose Of ascertaining whether titey migi)t 'safely continue their operations in that commerce.., They were. informed that a convoy wo:tld be ready to sail for the Baltic ,on. the 9th of November, and that Sweelish licenses would be de- In, erect, which would remain valid until. the 12th of December. • - • The following Conditions for tlle sale of the first Lottery,,for the service of the year 1809, sent d ! >wn yo,terday to the Bank : The Lotter . ; to consist of 20,000 tickets, ant to be drawn tike inn February, 18to'. No.prizx above 2,,,0001. or less tlian r5l. to be u I lowed. N v fixed prize, and not more than three blanks to a prize. Ttic-Sl:hetne to be 'proposed by the Cuntrac - tor, oat or heiore th., Bth, of November, subjea to theapprobatiun of the Lords ut reasury. A discount of 51. per cent. to be allowed in the usual man- scr. The deposits and payments to he as under : t 8,9 N.,veinber 7th, deposit as 0 per ticket. December Bth, - - 5 0 0 fan !aiy iith, - - 5 o _ Feoluary 9th, - The remainder. The Bicidings will be receivekat the Treasury on Friday morning, the 3d November, at 11 o'clock. FROM THE FRENCH PAPERS N A VAL N EWS. POIITSMOUTH, OCT. 30.—Arrived his Majesty's '! ship Leyden, 64 guns, from Flushing. The Comus cni - ne out of harbour. PARIS, OCT. 20.-At nine o'clock this morning the giins'were fired to announce the happy event of the signature of peace. In the evening this impor tant intelligence was, by alder of the Count a the , Empire, the PlefeB of Police, officially notified at' the Theatres, amidst acclamations of Long live the Emperor.! I M. Briere de Mondetour, Auditor to the Council of State, set off yesterday evening for his Majesty's head-quarters. " On the Ist instant, M. de Chavange gave a grand entertainment and a ball at his seat at Arigny, upon the occasion of the recovery of his son-in-law the Duke of Castiglione (Marshal Augereau) from his late illness. Mass was performed previous to the entertainment. S;3ilcd the William and Mary, .1. L. Libwicit; Sarah, W.A. ALIMSTJAONG, fur Sunderland : Lau rel, THOS. SMITH, fur Gibraltar. DEAL, OCT. 30.—Sailed ,this morning; the Maria, Smirn, for Rio Janeiro ; Granger, for the Cape of GGod Hope. Also his Majesty's ship /sis , for Flushing ; and Humber armed ship, with a con voy to the westward ; among them are the Lord Adz% —, and Rasjoid, —, for Jamaica, with FEANKFORT, OCT. 16.—According to ativices from Lintz, the division of Lieut. General 'Verrede has marched from that place for Saltzburg. - e -. On the 11th, a second detachment of theleni d'armeiie of the guard arrived at Augsburg; on: their way from Vienna to France. Letters from Berlin, of the 7th, mention, that the Prince of Orange had left that city for the head•quarters of the Austrian army. It is reported that he has obtained tire rank of Lieutenant-Field — Marshal in the Austrian service. His mother and spouse reside at Schoenhaussen, near Berlin. PARIS, OcT. 2l.—The Court Marshal at Roche fort met for the first time on board the Adinirars vessel the Ocean, on the 31st of August. The pro ceedings against and for the prisoners were continu ed on the suceeediiig days, to the Bth of September inclusive. The Advocate tor the accused was M. Francois Daniel Faure, of . Rochefort. • ' On the Btb the pleadings, and ell the formalities prescribed by the Impel - al Decree of. the 2511 d of July, 1806, Art. 70, being gone through, the Pre sident inquired wheteer the Members. of the Court wished to make any observations ; they unani mou-ly answered in the negative ; upon , which, the spectators and the Advocate for the prisoner* Wiltli drew, at the request of the President, and Abel itit soners were coo t eyed back to the place train wittLeft the\ had bc'ett broug 41. JUDGMENT.—The Court, after deliberating with cheeti doors, and the vote& being collected according to Arl. 68, se:lion 4, iii, 3,1, of ,tie above-mention ed Det.r e, in presence of the General liapparteur, unananously declare, that the , lotxedings were re gularly coaducted, and found by a majority . of eight voices to one, that iiie prisoner, Nicholas Clement NAVAL APPOINTMENTS.— Captain S. BALLARD, t de la Ronciete, was ri t guilty of th© toss of the ship to the Sceptre; Captain ATKINS, to the intrepid ; Tonnere, ,, .vhich he commail fed in toe action of the Ciptain Tow EX, to the Caracoa; Captain ?ROBY, to 12th of Apt it la-t. They herr'tore acquititeci him the Iris; and Captain FIFE, to the Cadmus. of the charge brought ag. nisi him, and orciered his sword to be restor,d to him b. the President.? The Hawk, M'CULLoCti, arrived in the Clyde; With respect to l'a . bapihte Lawn, the Court, sailed from Demerara 14th Sept ; lett eet Sisters, by a majority of five vox, s to .tour, found him CAMERON, loaiing for Port Glasgoe : • sail the last wit •of haver , in a COW.:rdly mairner, anandoned .priogs in September. The Sir :.2 i)eileur, Ono, g ), " the Cal cu__it a, in ,he presence til the enemy, 0,1 the for Greenock - ; and the Cam/., - ,,TtiompsoN, for let h 01 Ae i ril. e _..r e) p ihe.eture, p.djudg,.l ium to Liverpool, both to sail ,_.• :....r I st.—Spoke the :, suffer death, i.ursu.int to Art 35;. title `.;tl of Marine ship Frances, PRIG -..... Liverpool, bound to Penal Code, °I itie 22d AU E ;USt, 1790, which was New York, ie ~. .H .. tong 21. out seven days. , - - read -ey the President. Spoke ti - .., big ..':.,table, CUDD, from Liverpool, boar'. .0 St. ri,l-ll.olumew, in lat. 55. long. 14. Out : With regard to G , lillaume Marcelin Por t ea u, t he Court unittinuously aLqui , tt-d hint !it the charge sei en d,r, -.. brought agaiu.t . him ; but by 'a .majority of five Comoys will bLeith e appointed to tail from Sentenced Li v oices to tour, Sentenced 10 tio et 1 1,0,ii? 41i ..,.....- Roads for Gottenburgh and Heligoland on the Ist fin,:lient i ll his O wn cimaibrii, ha haviut; set tire to November. the Indienne with too inech precipitAton, and With.. The following is an instance of courageous cool- out previously ad' ioeg the Admiral ; and this in ness seldom equalled. it is taken out of a late p ursuance of the law ul 1 tie 20to September, 1796, French Paper in our possession : •• , authorising recourse to the Military Code, with "On the 15th oh September last, M. LAGELA, regard to otfences not pi-tette:it tor in the M et r e ee• a legionary of Acerenza, in the kingdoor of Naples, Code. The Court ordeied Ciwain Froteau's sword was surprkzed and arrested by six armed banditti. to be resturesi. He was itninediately intrusted to the care of two of As .0 toe prisoner, Charles Nicolas Lacaille, the the most ferocious, who had' orders to strip and Court lui.ing i a k,:n Into t (insider,' i*a and found by murder him in a neighbouring wood. He suffered a major, ty of slt v,,i, e , smu „ area that he did • not himself to bt, led without any resistance to the wood, lose toe Tourviiie- , Ae•ieli lie cotunt.ini:ed.k ti• t he and at the moment when the robbers, thinking he sport arreonst) tete, nee tai boaku, t.ver tioorS atter was already half dead with fear, were preparing care- , chit rite tier, deteridee eel against. the etkernfeAnd lessly to finish their task,hecoliededall his strength, .' brought her into purl ; adju ,ged him, for having disarmed t; e first, killed the second, anti taking pos- mornentaii,y q it ed his • . ssei, to the punishment session of teeir horses, led them, with his prisoner, of t wo ys.ials' to Acerenza, where he received (Ike praises and re - merit t hulks l imprisonment wherever the GOYerna e ; and Lather to have his name struck wards to which his bravery entitled him !" out of the 11-t ot it e Officers, and to bw degrad- A letter from Turkey, dated as late as the 24th of i ed from the L• gkon of Houour. September, contains the following paragr4ph : Toe prisoners Prtite-1, and Lacaille were found Ismael is besieged by 30,000 Russians. The be- liable in exiences ot process. sieging army is extremely a&ive in its operations, Toe s eekence eas re.t,i to the prisoners at hillf7paSt in order to reduce the place,. which defends itself two o'clock oil the gilt ; alio immediately aftet , t h e stoutly. Besides the Turkish Grand Army , there is President retiree t• an athoining canku,,, s /lerie .he another .Ottoman detachment at Varna. It seems caused Lacaille to be bi oug A re neto hiti,i - tv4 .l. , e ,v r . as if a great battle would soon be fought between . sideet then saw to hAI ;tun, that having beet ember them." of the le-give, atel,. being round guilty .ot, f a,hirachf - _ ... , honour. it was its duty to declare to lyrn, pursuant several others ; particulars not known. Arrived the aprey sloop of war, from the east- ~v.ird. FALMOUTH, OCT. 28.--His Majesty's ship Nar cipus, with a fleet of viLitualiers for the ships of wa ori the French coast, which sailed from hence yesterday; got tmhayed, and has been obliged to re turn to this port. SHEERNESS, OCT. 30.—Sailed up the river Thames his Majesty's ship Azinc;,io - t, with the lower and upper deck beams of a lint-of-bottle ship brought from Flushing. - The fog has been so very thick these two days the ships at the Nore could have no communication with the shore. DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE-MONEY. To the Crescent, for the capture of the Minerva (the Lord Keith cutter in company), on the ist of Novetnbe!, at No. zi. Norihumberland.street, strai,d. and every Wednes. . day and Friday after at the same place. To the Hyacinth, for the capture of the Zerymph, en the Ist of November, at No. 21, No. thumberlaod—street, Strand, and every Wedwi:day and friday at the same place. To the Pluto ( Libert) brig and Sprightly cutter in corn piny) for the capture of the Virginia, American brig, on their arrival in port, or at No. 26, High-street, Portbmouth, on the ad of November, and every Monday and Thursday for three ;nonths at the Salle place. To the Dapper, for the recapture of the American ship Alexander, every day after the Ad inst. at No. xi, St. Thu mites-Street, Portsmouth. to Art. 6, of the Istw ut 1!5 Ventost:, year 12; in the name ot the Leg;on, that he th.eneetortti ceased to be a tnenmer thereof. On the gin i t S,.peetuber, at four in . the after noon, time pris , ner Latun underwent his sentence, on board the Admiral's ship ihe Ocean. Mr. Taos. SHERIDAN left town, on Sunday, for Portsmouth, on his way to Sicily, for the recovery of his health ; which is not yet pettedly re-established. OWEN WYNNE, Esq. is eleded Vice President of the Farming Society of Ireland, in the room of the late Marquis of Sew°. On Saturday evening last, during the fog, a cart, unattended, loafed with a pipe of Madeira, near the Saracen's Head, Snow-Hill, was drove away by d COUNT TRANIPE.—This Nobleman, arrived some some thieves; the cart was found in Gowen ays ago in ..ndoti, with the view - oi ~ e eking redress .; L. for the injury he sustained in. his Government of street, empty. Iceland ; and as the chief conspiratoragnust him is A Hammersmith coach was overturned near Lon now in one of our prisons, it is reported, that, at don, by which accident several of the passengers were very severely bruised, and an outside passenger had • the Count's request, be is to be delivered up to the his thigh broken.—The Portsmouth coach, and a Danish Government, to suffer for his rebellion and usurpation. This man us,aped the. Government of Gentleman's carriage, were likewise overturned near . Iceland for above eight week, when he was given the same place, and e some of the passengers mate ' up by the Native Icelanders HI Captain JONES, of riallv hurt. Owing to the fog on Saturday night several acci - i the Talbot sloop of war, who brought "liiri ?o E2tig land, where lie was soon recognized as4rating de dents happened on the Bath Road, near London.— t A glass coach, belonging to Mr. Jones, in Davies- i serted from his parole. About 18 trro'iltrlY siago',he commanded a large Danish 'privateer, to et bi j me street, .Berkeley-square, was. overturned near Ken t of our cruizers. Count l'rattipe is a yOuilgi Irian of sington, and one of the Ladies was cut in a most I rather elegant appearance, and of good family and shocking manner by the breaking of the glass. ' Orr Friday evening, about nine o'clock, as Mr. i estate in 1101 stein. Sanderson, a well-known mathematician in Lou- ; The affair of the Militia soldier, who suffered cor don, And a teacher of that science, who hoAs a poreal punishment on board one of the'pr ison ships ,sitnation in the Trinity-house,. was .retui mpg- front in Plymouth Harbour, where he was on duty, 'has, dining with the gentlemen belonging to that oifiee, we understand, been very warmly taken up by the 'along the Strand, he was followed by two men into Officers of that body. The Colonel of the regiment, Essex-street, where he was going to call upon Mr. the West Essex, to which the man belonged, has Neel ; when he lifted op his arm to knock . at the sent a st rong remonstrance to,the Secretary of State door, the villain: lot ced , his a? n up higher, and ' for the Home Dopartinent on the subjea. The searched Ins pockets, till, they found a book in the Commanding ()Meer of the ship, as weL as the Port side pocket of his coat, which they suppo,ing to • Admiral, we hear, jusoty the punishment, biilii by L I be his pocket-book, ran oft with 5 but it proved to p ra c ti ce and the na v al ins ! ruc tio n s, which i3ajalOo be only a scientific book. The villains made their naval discipline every one Aerying Li, or belangirg to escape. j the fleet. 69k DEATH OF ME DUKE OF PORTLAND. The Duke of Portland died yesterday afternoon, about five o'clock, at Burlington-house. His-sutier ings, from the disorder with which he has so long 1 been afUiEted, induce c d him to submit to the opera- tion of lithotomy, and a large stone was extracted. The operation was skilfully performed, and every thing seemed to promise a successful issue, but un fortunately his Grace was soon after seized with an epileptic fit, and after a short struggle he expired. The Duke of Portland was in his 7i.od years hav ing been born in April 1738; The principal events of his long political life are well known to the coun try, and need not be detailed here. He was a Knight of the Garter, Chancellor of the University of Olt ford, High Steward of Bristol, and Lord Lieutenant of the county of Nottingham. He is succeeded in his titles and honours by his eldest son, William Henry Cavendish, Marquis of Titchfield, who, on Marrying the daughter of the late Gen. Scott, obtained his Majesty's permission to add the name of Scott to that of Bentinek. The Duke of Portland, from his abilities, as well as his high rank, was calculated to take a leading part in the Government of the country. He did not possess the talents of an orator, but his judgment was sound, and his knowledge extensive. He was firmly attached to the British Constitutiop, and this attachment he demonstrated when the Fiench Re* volution broke out, and found advocates among his political friends in this country. Sensible of the dangerous tendency of the doetrines upon which that Revolution was founded; he manifested at once his abhorrence of those dottrines, and relinquished all connettion with the men who espoused them in this country. The Duke was affable in private life, but always supported his rank with becoming dignity, yet with• out the slightest arrogance or pride. He was dis• tinguislaed for the delicacy of his manners and the integrity of his principles. Though his Grace era 4 for a long period allied to the o, , position, yet be was always considered as a staunch Wend to tbo Monarch, and always possessed a high share in his Majesty's esteem. Though no litesttr, pr o duttiors of his Grace has ever been submitted to the world, it is well known that he particulartyeicelled iv epir tolary compositions, and his slightest notes, it is said, were charaeterized by peculiar delicacy of sentiment and elegance of diction. He had tot% been a martyr to one or the dreadful .ii.orderit that can agitate the human frime, and he bore all 10 sufferings, and all the painful operations necessatl to relieve them, with the utmost fortitude and pa' tience. He was liberal to the full eteut of his means, but it is unaerstood that his eircurns.anos.. had been or some years impaired by the great pee*" fiery favours whteh he had conferred on, the:parif whose poll ical aims he pattoniz-d, and by the style in %%bleb he lived, which was such as became his high rank in society. It may be truly said of his Grace, and the most 'violent of his political adversaries will no iloubt join, in the description, that he was one of that nice 0 British Noblemen who blend liberality with dignity' and who, while they are firmly attached to the In" t rests of the Crown, are decided friends to the rights of the people. Letter's were yesterday received from Holland tO tine date of tho 24. t h ;Liman t. i 3 ire following" - - " A ivirrain AM, OCT,-22.—We have little news from Viyinia or he interior of Cikt-rmitil later thaw what yo' must have already h eard , ex.,epting thot,..• the invincible Tyrolese maintain their hostility ag ,400 5 France and her allies with the greatest vigour. 'Diet lately cut off e body or Bav at iaus, to the number more than 500, • As to Our affairs at bathe, several !login:tent" have lately entered this city ; and it is generally en' derstood that troo,is ar,i collecting in Holland. TO King is at the HOLlic in t lie Wutod ; and, notrvitte mending the influence his Imperial Brother has over him, he is still inclined t,i to: our the 'mem/sus* witti England, so much dratted by iti, W! nudes what We utd Du hunt !alai) , beliettem that the En4lish have determined to maintain the 4 footing in W tleheren, not only tnrough the winter but during t. e war. They will- nut, however, be pee milted to remain there quietly, as in the spring iii the opinion of most in this city) an attack sev,'` be made ; and barracks and other 'accornmodati ouw for the troops, 23 well as batteries and tortificatitgor are building in the neighbourhood. " h reported here, on the authority of iPtet Bence received :it the Court, that the Etnperof BUONAPARTE is very ill ; and the rumour has eves gone so tar as to state that he is delirious. " The trade with Walcheren is nut at preFetit good, the restri,:tion is severe. The Decree iatrly .issued had, a considerabte effed ; but as the feeling subsided another hait..been wore Pecentl).• issued, " I hear, increasing the penalties, to prevent any corn . ntuniegiou whatever with the British in Walcherev• .In some instances the severity of the Custom-bouo Otficali may be made to relax." • His Grace the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland has re° ceived a notification of his Alajesty's gracious Wen' lion, that propersteps sliotktd be taken to di,chargo from imprisonment all persons confined for any debt° or duties,, whether by tine or otherwise, due to of for the use. ot his Majesty, and within the Roy. , • Grace to remit .and lisctiaige; kith the exception/ however, of such ca.es as. way be attended any peculiar circunistaucr of violence or fraud :, his Grace has given direotious that proper me ,antes be taken for carrying his Majesty's gracious iota:* ;ion into etrett in Ireland 'p ith all convenient .(116' patch.. A new portico has lately been, ereeted stt the gregl i entrance into the Loco Chamberlain's Unice, in Of Palace or St. James's. This leading feature .bas long been wanting, as a guide to s' rangers,. It consists 0 a simple structure of the Doric older, but in, an proved style. The entablature and the niouldiogs are plain. The portico is supported by cast Columns, eight feet in height ; and the diameter each is ten inches and a half at the base, and trin , inches at the capital. To Mr. LAwastscies the Palace is indebted for this imrrovement. At Harting Fair, on Tuesday last; there WO 4 large show of neat stock, chiefly 64,tae-breds, for the most part of a very good kiutl. Lean tsly' d year olds readily fetched nom 10 to 12 gui,,Os) ' III A others proportionably dear. Titere was also a g ° 0- .show of cart hones, which .sold from 20 to 441'